SCALING IMPACT: COMMERCIALIZING INNOVATIONS THAT CHANGE LIVES

For Ravinder Grover, COO of HarvestPlus Solutions, leadership is defined by what he calls the “sixth sense”, the sense of urgency. He believes impact must move faster than the problems it seeks to solve. For him and his teams, the mission is clear: take socially relevant innovations out of labs and pilot projects and make them work at scale in the real world.

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The challenge HarvestPlus Solutions is addressing is vast. More than 3 billion people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America lack access to nutritious, diverse diets. Hidden hunger silently erodes health, productivity, and human potential, especially for women and children. Traditional development programs, while important, often struggle to move beyond pilots or grant cycles.

This is where Grover and his teams stand apart. HarvestPlus Solutions was built with a bold mandate: to commercialize and scale innovations that are socially relevant and scientifically proven. Rather than treating communities as beneficiaries, the model recognizes them as consumers, producers, entrepreneurs, and partners in building resilient food systems.